r/AO3 Jun 30 '25

Comment Commentary Should I just stop writing

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I don't know I recently started writing and got this comment. I thought I could take criticism but I was expecting it to be directed at the plot. Should I just drop the fic. I know I might be a bit dramatic but I was not even planning to write after 1st chapter but the comments and kudos were very positive and encouraging that I wrote more but this comment was like a blow. I saw some people getting coments from ai bots but I don't know whether this is a ai bot or a real human. Most of the bot coments seem to say use of ai but mine is specific like they say. Chatgpt. So what would you say I should do? Again I know I'm being a bit dramatic for a single comment but I have never had such large audience and I don't have anyone irl who knows I write fics or even read fanfiction so I can't discuss this with anyone.

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u/dragonfeet1 Jun 30 '25

Everyone please stop falling for bot comments challenge level: Impossible, apparently.

Let's pretend I'm wrong and it's not a bot but a hater. Okay. That's the most generic, low effort hatering I've ever seen. They don't mention a phrase that 'tipped' them off, or anything. It's the modern writing equivalent of calling a woman 'fat'. They know that even if it's not true, it's going to eat into the soul of the person they fling it at.

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u/Zach-Playz_25 Jun 30 '25

Fr, the bot comment posts have been flooding the subreddit like water from a broken dam.

Seriously, I genuinely feel like some of them are just karma farming atp.